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Assessing the influence of ocean alkalinity enhancement on a coastal phytoplankton community
Aaron Ferderer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies,
University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Zanna Chase
Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies,
University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Fraser Kennedy
Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies,
University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Kai G. Schulz
Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, School of Environment, Science and
Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
Lennart T. Bach
Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies,
University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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Ocean alkalinity enhancement has the capacity to remove vast quantities of carbon from the atmosphere, but its effect on marine ecosystems is largely unknown. We assessed the effect of increased alkalinity on a coastal phytoplankton community when seawater was equilibrated and not equilibrated with atmospheric CO2. We found that the phytoplankton community was moderately affected by increased alkalinity and equilibration with atmospheric CO2 had little influence on this effect.
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